When your car smells like the engine is hot, is the engine hot? If it smells hot and the engine is not hot, then you have coolant escaping onto a hot surface. You may have bad radiator hoses, a leaky radiator, a blown gasket, or some other problem. You need to find the leak.
yes this will cause engine to run hot
when the engine is hot the check engine light came on and the fan(is ok) don't start
Generally when the engine is hot or the AC is on.
NO! Because the coolant on a hot engine is VERY hot and under pressure, you risk SERIOUS injury if you open the cooling system on a hot engine. If you are going to be working on the cooling system, you should allow the engine to cool to ambient (or at least near ambient) temperature.
The hot section is the combustion area of the engine located in the aft section before augmentation.
If it shows hot on the gauge and it is not hot, there is a gauge or sensor problem.
The reservoir has two level lines - one for "cold engine" and the other for "hot engine". If the engine is hot, and the coolant level is low, fill the reservoir to the "hot engine" level. When the engine is cold and the level is low, I usually" top off" the radiator and fill the reservoir to the "cold engine" level.
This is the result of of an internal combustion engine.
This is the result of of an internal combustion engine.
Anti-freeze is leaking in to or on to hot engine.
you do not check the oil in the engine and the engine gets too hot